Lists

[filiarheni]

I've great trouble with creating a list, no listing icon does it the way I want it to be - what do I do wrong?

I understand that I have to assign the bullet point list icon to every line. But afterwards, it's not single-spaced anymore:

• test1

• test2

• test3

Using the other icon - [*]text - this is the result, single-space but no bullets and no indention:

[*]test5
[*]test6
[*]test7

Using the 123 icon:

1. test8
   uiu

• test9

• test10

All wrong! Why?

I would like bullet points or consecutive numbers and single-spaced rows and indention. Please, can anyone help?

[fan_de_LoK]

The correct way to use that 'list' tag is by encapsulating the star tags between the two 'list' '/list'.
Thus there is only one 'list' at the beginning, and only one '/list' at the end.
And between the two you put as many stars as you like, each star constituting a new entry in the list


Example, you used this syntax:

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[list]test1[/list]
[list]test2[/list]
[list]test3[/list]

Which gives this result:

• test1

• test2

• test3

This creates 3 independent lists, each having only one entry.


 

The correct syntax is instead:

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[list][*]test1
[*]test2
[*]test3[/list]

Which gives one list having three entries :

• test1
• test2
• test3

The same with a numbered list, and a bit of bold to highlight the entries titles :

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[list=1][*][b]test1[/b]
Second line of Test 1
 
[*][b]test2[/b]
Second line of test 2
Third line of test 2
 
[*][b]test3[/b]
blablabla
etc.[/list]

Result:

1. test1
   Second line of Test 1
    
2. test2
   Second line of test 2
   Third line of test 2
    
3. test3
   blablabla
   etc.

 
 
Of course you can embed lists into lists

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[list=A][*][b]Apple[/b][list=a][*][color=#FF0040]aaaaa[/color][list=1][*][color=#8000FF]zzzzz[*]yyyyy[*]xxxxx[/color][/list][*][color=#FF0040]bbbbb[/color][list=1][*][color=#8000FF]wwwww[*]vvvvv[*]uuuuu[/color][/list][/list][*][b]Banana[/b][list=a][*][color=#FF0040]ccccc[/color][list=1][*][color=#8000FF]ttttt[*]sssss[*]rrrrr[/color][/list][*][color=#FF0040]ddddd[/color][list=1][*][color=#8000FF]qqqqq[*]ppppp[*]ooooo[/color][/list][/list][*][b]Cherry[/b][list=a][*][color=#FF0040]eeeee[/color][list=1][*][color=#8000FF]nnnnn[*]mmmmm[*]lllll[/color][/list][*][color=#FF0040]fffff[/color][list=1][*][color=#8000FF]kkkkk[*]jjjjj[*]iiiii[/color][/list][/list][/list]

1. Apple
   1. aaaaa
      1. zzzzz
      2. yyyyy
      3. xxxxx
   2. bbbbb
      1. wwwww
      2. vvvvv
      3. uuuuu
2. Banana
   1. ccccc
      1. ttttt
      2. sssss
      3. rrrrr
   2. ddddd
      1. qqqqq
      2. ppppp
      3. ooooo
3. Cherry
   1. eeeee
      1. nnnnn
      2. mmmmm
      3. lllll
   2. fffff
      1. kkkkk
      2. jjjjj
      3. iiiii

[filiarheni]

Et voilà! Yes, it works! I have just exercised it and "beautified" my recent post here.

Thank you so much, fan_de_LoK, super explanation!

[kinda_k00l]

Thank you, Patrick! I'm not at all familiar with the list function of this forum (or any other forum), your explanation helps A LOT!!